java8 APPLICATION_TEMPLATE.jnlp generation support

[solomax]

Hello,

previously there was an issue http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWEBSTART-266 with the patch attached
(to correctly work with latest java main jar should contain JNLP-INF/APPLICATION_TEMPLATE.jnlp with all parameters replaced with '*')
I tried to clone your repo to try to fix it myself but failed :(
can you point me to the right direction or maybe fix the issue?

additional problem I'm facing is forking, maybe you know how can 'no-fork' mode can be implemented

Thanks in advance, and sorry I was unable to provide the patch :(

[ekpeters]

You arn't be the only one looking for an automated way to create and sign APPLICATION_TEMPLATE.jnlp files. Was there a patch at one time that did this, and if so where can it be found today?

[solomax]

Actually there were patches .....
And I was able to find notices about them, but unfortunately no patches itself :(

[ekpeters]

:S Not good.

I've seen http://stackoverflow.com/a/20071821 which happily gives a way that one can (supposedly) sign a template, but it makes the assumption that the jar files have static names. Unfortunately, all the programs we assemble here are versioned - Solutions dependent on static names are not possible.

Yesterday, I wrote a simple maven plugin to find the correct jar file, generate the jnlp template from the jnlp file, insert the template into the jar, and then sign the jar. Fantastic as that is, webstart is griping about unsigned content and I don't see anything wrong or unsigned with the jar file - The error given by webstart is sadly lacking in detail, so I don't see any path forward by troubleshooting the error.

[jimbogithub]

Here's the patch I use:

webstart-maven-plugin-1.0-beta-7-LM-406.patch.txt

This includes a new JnlpInfMojo assigned to a jnlp-inf goal. You run that goal before the main goal (jnlp-single in my case) as shown here:

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
            <artifactId>webstart-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.0-beta-7-LM-406</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <!-- Step 1 of 2: Prepare APPLICATION_TEMPLATE.JNLP -->
                    <!-- The application_template.vm must be manually kept in sync with template.vm but with $$ variables replaced with
                        a single * (at least until we do a resource filter to automate if possible). -->
                    <id>generate-jnlp-template-for-signing</id>
                    <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>jnlp-inf</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <jnlp>
                            <inputTemplate>application_template.vm</inputTemplate>
                            <outputFile>../classes/JNLP-INF/APPLICATION_TEMPLATE.JNLP</outputFile>
                            <mainClass>com.xxx.Application</mainClass>
                        </jnlp>
                        <filenameMapping>legacy</filenameMapping>
                        <makeArchive>false</makeArchive>
                        <!-- Have to include this setting here to ensure it appears in the APPLICATION_TEMPLATE.JNLP -->
                        <pack200>
                            <enabled>true</enabled>
                        </pack200>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>


                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                    <artifactId>webstart-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <!-- Step 2 of 2: Sign and pack. -->
                            <id>generate-DEV-jnlp-and-sign</id>
                            <phase>package</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>jnlp-single</goal>
                            </goals>
                            ...
                        <execution>
                    <executions>
                <plugin>

It requires a second copy of the template.vm (default name = application_template.vm) that is a copy of the former with wildcards introduced where required.

So this may be pretty specific to my needs but might help.

[tchemit]

Some stuff has be done about this point, @solomax is it ok with you? do you need more stuff to be done ? If not could you close this issue ? thanks.

[solomax]

Right now I'm not using this plugin, using manual jnlp/webstart generation